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Prepositional phrase
all sixes and nines
- (idiomatic) In a state of confusion.
2015 June 15, Kathari Findlen, Meeting in the Space Between: A Story of Grief, Grace and Gratitude, Balboa Press, →ISBN, →OCLC:Dear Kori,
I'm all sixes and nines ... whatever that means. Fragments of me are loosely hanging together.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see all, sixes, and, nines.
2008, G. E McIlmoyle, L. R. Bromley, Remembering the Dragon Lady, People Stories Unlimited, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 443:Do you see anything funny about the tail number? It is all sixes and nines!